Bogota

Bogota is the capital and largest city of Colombia, located in the center of the country. The city was founded on 6 August 1538 by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada after conquering the Muisca settlement of "Bacata". Spain would rule over Bogota until August 1819, when Simon Bolivar's victory at the Battle of Boyaca led to the independence of Gran Colombia. Over the next few centuries, Bogota became associated with economic strength and quality of human capital, but the city was plagued by violence during the 1980s and 1990s during the drug wars against narcos such as Pablo Escobar. In 2015, Bogota had a population of 7,878,783 people.